As of: February 27, 2024, 7:20 p.m
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How did Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny die?
Rumors about alleged involvement of Vladimir Putin's regime are increasing.
Update from February 25th, 11:51 a.m
.: “Alexei's body has been handed over to his mother,” Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Jarmisch has now explained.
She thanked everyone who “joined us in demanding the release of the body.”
Tens of thousands of Russians had signed a petition to this effect, and personalities from the cultural sector published video messages with the demand.
Jarmisch's corresponding post on Platform X is from yesterday.
First report
: Charp – Alexei Navalny is dead. That much is certain.
The cause of death, however, is unclear.
The Russian opposition figure's family and supporters are still trying to get the regime in Moscow to release Navalny's body.
Cause of death of Alexei Navalny: Russian regime does not release body
So far, as of February 20th, they have been doing this in vain.
The Kremlin critic reportedly died on Friday (February 16) in a penal colony near Charp in the so-called Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, located in the far north of Russia.
According to Russian authorities, he is said to have collapsed while taking a walk.
There is also talk of an alleged blood clot.
But Navalny's wife Yulia Navalnaya and Western observers doubt this version.
Instead, they make accusations against autocrat Vladimir Putin's circle.
Because: There are a lot of inconsistencies about the circumstances of death.
Died or killed?
People in many places are mourning the death of Alexei Navalny, for example here in Rome, Italy.
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Death of Alexei Navalny: Suspicions against Vladimir Putin's Moscow regime
As the independent Russian online portal
Gulagu.net
now reports, according to
Bild
, officials from the Russian secret service FSB are said to have been in the detention camp north of the Arctic Circle on Wednesday (February 14) to switch off and dismantle security cameras and listening devices.
This was mentioned in a report from the local branch of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).
The website behind the human rights organization
Independent Committee against Torture and Corruption also published the alleged timeline with which Navalny's death was announced.
Accordingly, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke to the first media about Navalny's death just seven minutes after the first official death report on Friday, which occurred at 2:17 p.m. local time.
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Death of Alexei Navalny: Mother Lyudmila Navalnaya is not allowed to see the body
Explosive: Mother Lyudmila Navalnaya has been searching for her son's body in the Charp region since Saturday.
In the prison camp they were referred to the mortuary in the small town of Salekhard (around 40,000 inhabitants), which is around 50 kilometers away, writes Der
Spiegel
.
But the door wasn't even opened for her there.
Navalny's press spokeswoman Kira Jarmysch wrote on
As the independent and Kremlin-critical Russian news site
Novaya Gazeta Europe
reported, Navalny's body was said to have bruises, according to an employee of the local emergency service.
This indicates convulsions before death.
“Polarwolf” penal camp: Suspicious observations from Navalny’s fellow prisoner
“The unbelievable madness began on the evening of February 15th.
It all started with the fact that the evening inspection, which takes place from 8 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., was greatly accelerated," said an alleged fellow prisoner of the IK-3 "Polarwolf" penal camp, according to the same online newspaper: "This often happens on the eve of holidays, when the guards are in a hurry to get to the table.” But Friday was not a holiday.
Moscow ruler: Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin.
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Cause of death of Alexei Navalny: Widow Yulia Navalnaya announces revelation
The prisoners were then locked in the barracks and warned “that there should be no traffic between the barracks and that security precautions would be increased.”
The man reportedly further explained: “On the morning of the 16th there were no ambulances in the colony.
They only appeared when it became known that Navalny was already dead.
So I think that Navalny died much earlier than announced.
Most likely last night.
Why else was it necessary to lock us in the barracks and organize a search in the morning?”
Explosive: Putin himself is said to have dictated Navalny's prison conditions in the prison camp.
This is reported by the independent Eastern European news portal
Meduza
.
This information cannot be independently verified either.
However, his family would like to finally find out how Navalny died.
However, it is made into a mystery.
Widow Yulia Navalnaya has already announced revelations about the death of the Kremlin opponent.
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